Pryor is a Raider

The Raiders selected Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor in the third round of the NFL supplemental draft Monday, rolling the dice on a major talent whose NCAA violations helped lead to the dismissal of coach Jim Tressel and put the school on probation.

The selection of Pryor means the Raiders will lose their third-round pick in the 2012 draft.

Pryor decided to forgo his senior year at Ohio State after Tressel’s resignation. Pryor was suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season by the NCAA for receiving cash for tattoos from a Columbus tattoo-parlor owner.

The NFL ruled Pryor eligible for the supplemental draft, but essentially upheld the NCAA suspension. Pryor will not be placed on the Raiders’ 53-man roster until Week 6.

The Raiders were one of a reported 17 teams at a Pro Day workout for Pryor Saturday, and clocked him at 4.41 for the 40-yard dash _ essentially makes him the NFL’s fastest quarterback with the possible exception of Michael Vick.

The question is whether the Raiders see Pryor as a quarterback or as a receiver. At 6-foot-6 and 240 pounds, Pryor could present matchup problems as a slot receiver or could be a tight end prospect along the lines of Antonio Gates, who is more receiver than blocker.

One of the most decorated athletes in high school out of Jeanette High in southwestern Pennsylvania, Pryor was a basketball star who originally committed to Pittsburgh.

The object of an intense recruiting battle, Pryor’s decision to sign with Ohio State over Penn State was national news.

Considered more of a developmental project as a quarterback, Pryor was 31-4 as a starter at Ohio State including MVP awards in the Rose Bowl in as a junior and Sugar Bowl as a senior.

As a junior, Pryor passed for 2,772 yards, 27 touchdowns and had 11 interceptions. He rushed for 754 and yards and four scores.

HJ = fraud
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To early to agree with this – The ‘9er game was strike 1.

lefty12

I never said or believed that.

Mistic1 Tha Supavillain

The run defense is still a huge problem. Tommy kelly continues to over run his gap, and the outside backers were hard to find. I am still of the opinion that groves is not good enough to start, yet I dont see who you play over him in that spot on our roster.

No need to panic just yet. The defense stiffened up insde the 20 and didnt give up a td. Most of the damage was done to our back ups and scrubs. Im not sure what our starters would have done in a full game. the run defense seemed shaky this week, and good last week. because of the sample size we just dont know how good or bad it is.

Thec07

We lose a preseason game and now the HC is a fraud?

Teabag

Developing Pryor @ QB is going to be a HUGE bust… He should be developed as a WR… period.. he could be a nightmare matchup…

Anybody who says that you don’t draft a QB in the 3rd to play WR doesn’t know what they are talking about. Sure, Legedu Nanee was drafted in the 5th round to play WR…. But Bert Emanuel was drafted in the SECOND round to play WR

Thec07

No need to panic just yet.

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To late Bruh, some have allready jump off the bridge…

severeraiderz

Lol not to be a jack ass but I called us selecting Pryor in the third months ago. Knowing that we will get a comp pick for Asomugha that will likely be a third rounder and Al Davis expecting us to improve enough that our own 3rd rounder would be a late one I fully expected this to happen. His impressive workout solidified it.

RaiderRockstar

Broncos make it official: Kyle Orton is the starting quarterback

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal (PFT)

Coach John Fox made official what had been apparent since early in Broncos camp: Kyle Orton is his starting quarterback.

Orton was announced as the Week One starter by Fox on Monday, per the Denver Post. Fox would not declare a backup quarterback, with the Brady Quinn-Tim Tebow battle still ongoing. Quinn looks like the slight favorite.

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Fox is an idiot.

We are going to CRUSH the Donks on opening night!

SaintKaufman

Thec,
These dudes are insane!

As far as I can tell the only players we shouldn’t be replacing is maybe McFadden and Seymour. Everyone else has to go. Oh, and the owner should die!

Great fans, eh?

Teabag

Brad Smith – Rd.4

Mistic1 Tha Supavillain

Hu jack is fruad after a preseason game??!?!?

knee jerk reaction

Thec07

I will leave what Pryor develops into up to the org…
If they see him at QB then I will ride and support it.

I would have to say of it was regular season we go in at the half make theproper adjustments come back an kick arse

Gerard

145.ghostraiders Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 11:39 am
Had Pryor played this season with no problems at Ohio state. .. And Jim tressel was still there… Pryor would have been top 15… for sure in the first round. .
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You’re gonna hear alot of “the haters” say otherwise but what you say is absolutely true.

Basically, we got a first round , top prospect QB for basically nothing but a 3rd round pick that we could afford to “waste” anyway, given the comp picks we have coming.

This is a coup, and I’m not even a huge Pryor fan.

lefty12

Eldredge Dickey was drafted in the 1st rd and moved to WR

RaiderRockstar

We lose a preseason game and now the HC is a fraud?

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always was

I love the Pryor selection though.

Al Davis still got it, baby!

GoodOle00

Hope Pryor works for us. Multi dimensional threat

No Mas Diamante

See if you can teach Pryor to be a good qb. If he can’t pick it up then make him a wr/third string qb. Maybe he just han’t had the coaching.

ENGLANDRAIDER

August 22nd, 2011 at 12:49 pm
EnglandRaider,

your petty insults aside, are you saying Hue Jackson had no say whatsoever in this move?

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MY “petty insults aside”?! LOL!
I like my “petty insults” to stay where I put ’em.
You sound like a whiner fan.

Am I saying that Hue had no say in this move whatsoever?
No, I didn’t actually say that.
We all know that Al Davis always does what his coaches want. (sarcasm)

I did read a couple of rumors about Jackson and Al disagreeing on this but it was just on places like prosportsdaily and I have no reason to believe them.
I don’t know whether Jackson likes it or not but I’m fairly confident that he will come out and say that he does.

Sorry if I hurt your feelings.

Thec07

What up SaintK, Yeah I don’t understand some of the logic…

GoodOle00

319. Niiiice!~

RaiderRockstar

Developing Pryor @ QB is going to be a HUGE bust

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Pryor is a football player. We could ALWAYS use more of those in Oakland

RaiderRockstar

Eldredge Dickey was drafted in the 1st rd and moved to WR

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I hope Kell sees this, LOL!

He still hasn’t gotten over that, Lefty…

RedneckRaider

+1 @ #327

raidertay

Preseason jus became a whole lot interesting:

“Pryor will be able to practice immediately after signing and play in the remaining two exhibition games. But he will not be eligible to practice with or play for Oakland during the regular season until the team’s sixth game”

Seymour Bush

Teabag Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:07 pm

Developing Pryor @ QB is going to be a HUGE bust… He should be developed as a WR… period.. he could be a nightmare matchup…
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No. You HAVE TO HAVE a franchise Q to win in this league. HAVE TO. Teams that think they are going to win with Rex Grossman or Tyler Thigpen are huffing glue. Pryor has prototype size and speed for an NFL Q. He has also had a good collegiate career. What’s the down side to him? He played poorly against better competition which is never a good sign. (Rose Bowl MVP aside). Once again, this is a raw project pick, but then again, we have QB guru Hue Jackson as his head and QB coach. Hue did a very very good job developing Joe Flacco who has similar size to Pryor but came in with a resume against much weaker competition than Pryor. Was it worth a 3rd rounder to try to get a franchise Q? Absolutely. Both Mike Brown and Randy Lerner proved they are too cheap. Again.

SaintKaufman

Yeah, we need to replace logic.

He sucks too!

Thec07

SaintK, some of the bloggers are still suffering from the loss the the niners…Its the end of the world as we know it…lol

Seymour Bush

raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:14 pm

Preseason jus became a whole lot interesting:

“Pryor will be able to practice immediately after signing and play in the remaining two exhibition games. But he will not be eligible to practice with or play for Oakland during the regular season until the team’s sixth game”
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Terrelle Pryor just got redshirted. Don’t expect to see him this year unless you are watching the practice squad team.

He cannot practice with the team during the regular season suspension, but he is able to come to the facility.

RaiderRockstar

Preseason just became a whole lot interesting:

“Pryor will be able to practice immediately after signing and play in the remaining two exhibition games. But he will not be eligible to practice with or play for Oakland during the regular season until the team’s sixth game”

“Pryor will be able to practice immediately after signing and play in the remaining two exhibition games. But he will not be eligible to practice with or play for Oakland during the regular season until the team’s sixth game”
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Terrelle Pryor just got redshirted. Don’t expect to see him this year unless you are watching the practice squad team.

Pipe down man you sound crazy. Anyone that passes judgment on this team based on a preseason performance, either good or bad, is getting way ahead of themselves. RRS talks as if Hue is the guy playing on the field. Over the last 5 years the colts have won less than ten pre season games, these games shouldn’t even be televised because some of you guys get way too riled up lol. I remember when Shell II went undefeated in the preseason and everyone, even Schefter, was writing about how Art Shell and the raiders are back….yeah back to the stone ages

I disagree.It looks like the 4th practice game just got a lot more interesting.Pryor will play in that game-probably quite a bit.

raidertay

I was out camping this weekend. Finally watched the Niner game last nite on the DVR. I didnt think the game was as bad as everyone made it out to be. The score was 0-3 when the starters were pulled out.

RaiderRockstar

Anyone that passes judgment on this team based on a preseason performance, either good or bad, is getting way ahead of themselves. RRS talks as if Hue is the guy playing on the field. Over the last 5 years the colts have won less than ten pre season games, these games shouldn’t even be televised because some of you guys get way too riled up

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Severe,

Please don’t compare Oakland to Indy in any way, shape or form. The Raiders are a young team that needs the practice. Jackson is full of crap. He makes promises that he can’t deliver. I see no difference from him and Cable. As a play caller? Sure. HC? about even

ENGLANDRAIDER

254.Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:44 pm
The skill players are really going to be good.

Jc made some very nice throws down the field, when he had time to stand in the pocket.
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Actually Mistic1, he did make some nice throws, you’re right.
The problem though is the second part of your point.
The guy tends to panic under a rush as he did last year when he went down two yards from a first down.
But he did make some nice throws.

DonManoukiansNeighbor

Just heard from a buddy. No link! That the 49er vs Raiders preseaon games will be no more.

big pep

Pryor is gonna be the man oakland, has anybody seen the arms on that fool, crazy schyt. hes like bushwacker,bones, and i’m a gangster all in one.

Macho Man Randy Savage

6-6, 240. 4.4 on the 40 yd dash…and Al held it in his pants for 2 whole rounds!…thing is those numbers up there have nothing to do with playing QB in the NFL. Could Pryor be the next Gates? lets hope so, we need help at TE